Skirt-protector.



No. 707,387. Ratented Aug. l9, I902;

J. CATHREIN.

SKIRT PROTECTOR.

(Application filed Apr. 28, 1902.)

(No Model.

UNITED TATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEF CATHREIN, OF MUNICH, GERMANY, ASSIGNQR TO IGNAZ FRIEDINGER, OF OBERTHAL, NEAR LINZ, AUSTRIA-HUN GARY.

SKI RT- PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 707,387, dated August 19, 1902. Application filed April 28, 1902. Serial No. 105,112. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEF CATHREIN, a citizen of Austria-Hungary, residing at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Protectors struction hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims. I

In order to render the present specificatio easily intelligible, reference is had to the ac-- companying drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote similar parts through-.

out the several views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the lower part of a dress, showing the means hitherto employed for protecting the same. Fig. 2 is a section drawn to a larger scale, showing the said means more in detail. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the improved means according to the present invention; Fig. 4, a detail section, drawn to an enlarged scale, taken through the lower part of the train; and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the inner side of the train, showing a modified form of the device.

In ladies gowns which are not foot-free,

and especially those having trains, the disad-.

vantage is noticeable that the contact with the floor or pavement of the under side of the gown causes the threads to'wearthrou'gh and ruins the dress at the points indicated by a in Fig. 2. The dust and mud cling directly to the stuff, rendering the same hard and liable to break and also rendering the cleaning very difficult. Hitherto a braid or ruche of brush-like trimming, as at 19, Figs. 1 and 2, has been attached around the edge of the dress and train; but this does'not effectually fulfil the purpose in view, because it does not protect the point of contact of the gown with the floor, as will be seen on reference to Fig. 2.

According to the present invention three or four or any suitable number of rows of a brush-like braid or ruche are attached around the interior lower parts of the gown, as at c in Figs. 3 and 4. 'Thus the lower part of the train d will be held off the floor or pavement by thebrush trimming c and any dust or mud will be held off bythe'brushes c.

There'is another advantage accruing from the present invention, and it is that the brushes inside the train will pass gently over the pavement and will not raise the dust in the same manner as would the gown on con-.

tact with the street. The brush trimming will only wear at the points indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4 and may be very easily cleaned when muddy, wet, or dusty. The material of which the dress is made will be entirely prevented from contact with the street or floor, being carried by the brush like trimming.

It will be noticed that my device presents a series'of overlapping rows, so that the fabric will at no point touch the ground or floor and the train will fall in a graceful sweep instead of'undulating or with a rising edge.

As illustrated in Fig. 5, in order to render the braid or ruche of less weight the brushes mag be made after the manner of tassels, as at I claim as my invention- 1. A skirt-protector consisting of a series of rows of overlapping brush-like braid se cured to the underside of the skirt and having the bristles projecting rearwardly and downwardly.

2. A skirt-protector consisting of a series of rows of brushes secured to the under side of the-skirt, the bristles of each row overlapping the adjacent row and projecting in the general direction of the edge of the skirt at less thana right angle to the skirt-body at the point of attachment. 3. Askirt-protector' consisting of a series of overlapping rows of brush-like fabric secured to the under side of the skirt and ektending for an appreciable distance upward from the bottom edge thereof, so arranged that the bristles will lie approximately parallel with the skirt and project toward the edge of the skirt.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J OSEF OATHREIN.

Witnesses:

H. R. MOGINNIS, EDUARD ARTINGER. 

